Using JSTL / EL to grab parameter names and values

[Mark Wa]

Hi, I need a way of grabbing the request parameter names and values to print to the page (jsp)

So far I am able to grab the names and print them, Im unsure of how I would get the values.

my code:

  
                                 <table>
					<c:forEach var="pname" items="${pageContext.request.parameterNames}">
						<tr>
							<td>
								<c:out value="${pname}" />
							</td>
							<td><c:out value="" /><!-- print param value here --></td>
						</tr>			
					</c:forEach>
				</table>

Thanks

[sakthi vadivel]

hi mark
The parameter values are stores in request object so you can get the value using getAttribute(paramName, scope) method in PageContext class.

remember getAttribute returns Object type.

<c:out value="pageContext.request.getAttribute("${pname}", PageContext.REQUEST_SCOPE)" />

try this

[Mark Wa]

sakthi vadivel wrote:hi mark
The parameter values are stores in request object so you can get the value using getAttribute(paramName, scope) method in PageContext class.

remember getAttribute returns Object type.

<c:out value="pageContext.request.getAttribute("${pname}", PageContext.REQUEST_SCOPE)" />

try this

Thanks, but this does not work. It may be something to do with the quotes, they need to be escaped or something. Im new to EL and JSTL, but I know using a scriplet I could say

 <%= request.getParameter("paramname")%>   

[sakthi vadivel]

sorry for inconvenience

you can try using pageScope object in EL. ${pageScope["requestparamName"]}.

sorry if i am wrong.

[Mark Wa]

sakthi vadivel wrote:sorry for inconvenience

you can try using pageScope object in EL. ${pageScope["requestparamName"]}.

sorry if i am wrong.

Thanks for the help, but this gets the parameter names. Im after the values.

[David Newton]

Five seconds on Google (almost assuredly quicker than waiting for something to answer your question):

http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/jdev/collateral/papers/10g/jstl_el_adf/jstl_el_adf.html
http://www.exampledepot.com/egs/javax.servlet.jsp.jstl.core/getparam.html
http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=30946

[Mark Wa]

I have tried googling. Im after a print out of the parameter names and values. I cant grab the values without knowing the names, and im unsure of how to use EL to loop around all the names and use each one to find the value. I can do it quite simply using scriplets but they are messy.

${param.name} would only get the value of the parameter called "name"

[David Newton]

...

Loop over the names and use each name in the EL to get the parameter.

Why would you want to do this, anyway?

[Mark Wa]

That was my plan. But im unsure how to get the value - see my code in first post.

Its for an error (HTTP 500) page for a big app that has lots of bugs. Reporting the parameters will be useful in saving time debugging

[David Newton]

And param[pname] doesn't work?

[Mark Wa]

David Newton wrote:And param[pname] doesn't work?

ah, yes that does. Thankyou

[Bear Bibeault]

sakthi vadivel wrote:
<c:out value="pageContext.request.getAttribute("${pname}", PageContext.REQUEST_SCOPE)" />

try this

This is nonsense. You can't call methods using the EL.

If you want to get at individual parameters, just use the param builtin map: ${param.name}